Central, S.C. – Southern Wesleyan fell to the University of Mount Olive Trojans in their first Conference Carolinas match of the season in a final score of 8-1.

Game Vitals

Final: Mount Olive 8, Southern Wesleyan 1

Record: Southern Wesleyan (3-5 / CC 0-1), Mount Olive (3-1 / CC 1-0)

Coach Jernigan Says…

"I'm really proud tonight of the men's team. That's a very talented Mt. Olive team we played, and I felt like we were very compatible in most of the matches. Doubles started off well with aggression and controlling the middle, and our competitive play rolled into singles. In the end, the more talented team won but I couldn't be more proud of the fight we had tonight. This team is getting better.  It is becoming very tough to come into our house and push us around.  I want to thank the fans tonight.  We had a great crowd who saw some awesome tennis."

How It Happened

The Warriors took one of the three doubles matches against the University of Mount Olive on Friday afternoon.  Harry Reed and Urs Widow defeated Mount Olive's Sherzod Akramov and Jacob Clarke in a final score of 8-7(7).  Stan Grezslo and Keegan Barkley threatened the team of Ogulcan Deniz and Martin Moser, but fell 9-8(3).

In singles action, the Warriors were unable to clinch any of their matches.  Urs Widow threatened against Jose Cortijos Planas, but Mount Olive took the match 8-6.

What's Next

Southern Wesleyan will next play on Saturday, February 25 and will take on Barton Bulldogs.  They will then travel on March 4 to take on Flagler before returning home to take on North Greenville and Limestone later in the month.